Rallies follow government promise of more aid for poor and improved healthcare to stem wave of unrest in which hundreds arrestedHundreds of Tunisians have demonstrated peacefully in the capital against government austerity measures on the seventh anniversary of the ousting of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, following a week of unrest in which hundreds of people have been arrested. Protests erupted last Monday in several towns and cities across Tunisia, triggered by tax and price increases imposed on 1 January as the government seeks to reduce a budget deficit to meet an agreement with its international donors. Continue reading…
Via: Hundreds attend anti-austerity protests in Tunis amid heavy police presence
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